The author: an imaginary person who writes real books.

To the intelligent man or woman, life appears infinitely mysterious. But the stupid have an answer for every question.

The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government.

May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.

I hold no preference among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous.

Society is like a stew. If you don't stir it up every once in a while then a layer of scum floats to the top.

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.

Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.

Civilization is a youth with a molotov cocktail in his hand. Culture is the Soviet tank or L.A. cop that guns him down.

Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit.

There is science, logic, reason; there is thought verified by experience. And then there is California.

The truth of the matter is that the whole world has already been turned upside down by the work of Jesus Christ

Like many people out there, I'm inspired by the level of attention to detail, design and execution of Apple products.

Have convictions. Be friendly. Stick to your beliefs as they stick to theirs. Work as hard as they do.

This is the sixth book I've written, which isn't bad for a guy who's only read two.

I like the sound of my voice, doesn't mean it's any good but I like it. The joke is that "all good singers like the sound of their own voice" so we'll go with that.

I'm having fun just being a musician as well as an artist at this point.

Compliments win friends, honesty loses them.

More proof that trusting the Feds to protect our information is like hiring Homer Simpson to guard the donuts.

I think it's hard to have a full-time job and write fiction, but for essays, you need to be in the world.

You have to gather your energy together...conserving it and insulating it from dissipation in every direction other than that of your purpose.